Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour by Philip Ball

Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour

Philip Ball

448 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative reflective slow-paced
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Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist'...

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